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...California Pacific Medical Center have published a report that draws links between media consumption and children's health. After reviewing 173 studies in various categories, the researchers found that the more TV, movies, music and technology a child is exposed to, the higher the health risks they face. TIME spoke with Stanford University professor James Steyer, founder of Common Sense Media, about how parents can keep their kids on the media straight and narrow...
David Suros, the president of Siembra Azul Tequila, spoke about the history of tequila and the future of the Mexican distilling tradition yesterday to members of the Harvard community. Suros said that the making and drinking of tequila had been greatly looked down upon in Mexico until recently but has grown into a thriving culture. He attributed the newfound success to the changed perception of tequila by the media and an increased attention to quality by many tequila manufacturers. Suros’s lecture was the penultimate event of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies...
...inertia of the multilateral system.” He cited the World Health Organization’s 3 by 5 Initiative, which many countries criticized, as an example of an intervention that brought out the “damnably rivalrous” nature of international assemblies. Lewis also spoke of the recent study by Harvard researchers that found that over 300,000 South Africans died between 2000 and 2005 due to the lack of implementation of antiretroviral treatments. He said that he and Dr. Jim Y. Kim, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, were the only United...
...security for everyone.” All three panelists noted the economic benefits that come with increased efforts in the area of global health. “The rate of return on vaccinations is at least as high as benefits of education,” Bloom said. Venkayya also spoke about going beyond throwing money at the problem. “Buying vaccines and medicines will only get you so far. Other things require a more sustained commitment,” Venkayya said. All three panelists agreed that it would be disastrous to reduce spending on global health because...
...already dark room, Gwyneth Lewis—the first National Poet of Wales—belied notions of the tortured poet: in writing good poetry, one must be in a healthy state of mind. Lewis, known for her collection of poetry “Zero Gravity,” spoke on behalf of the Radcliffe Institute during a lecture entitled “The Health of Poetry,” this year’s Julie S. Phelps Annual Lecture in the Art and the Humanities. Throughout the talk, Lewis explored the association between sadness and poetry...